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A03297 Summary:

BILL NO	A03297
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Titone (MS)
COSPNSR	Malliotakis
MLTSPNSR
Add S229, V & T L
Provides that persons under 18 years of age charged with a traffic violation must appear in court with a parent or guardian to answer the charge; such person may not make an appearance by mail.

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A03297 Actions:

BILL NO	A03297
01/24/2013	referred to transportation
01/08/2014	referred to transportation

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A03297 Floor Votes:

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A03297 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3297
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 24, 2013
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        Introduced  by M. of A. TITONE, MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
          that  persons  who  are under eighteen years of age and charged with a
          traffic violation must appear in court with a parent or guardian
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.    The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 229 to read as follows:
     3    § 229. Appearances by minors. Any person who  is  less  than  eighteen
     4  years of age and who is charged with violating a provision of this chap-
     5  ter  shall not make any court appearance unless he or she is accompanied
     6  by his or her parent or legal guardian. Such  person  may  not  make  an
     7  appearance  by  mail. If such person is represented by an attorney, such
     8  person and his or her parent or guardian must accompany the attorney  to
     9  each and every court appearance.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after

    11  it  shall  have  become  a  law, provided that the commissioner of motor
    12  vehicles is immediately authorized and  directed  to  promulgate,  amend
    13  and/or  repeal  any  rules  and  regulations  necessary to implement the
    14  provisions of this act on its effective date.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03916-01-3

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